Hamilton woman kidnapped, robbed

HAMILTON — An 81-year-old Hamilton woman was kidnapped, driven to a bank and then returned to her home by a box-cutter-wielding suspect on Sunday.

Around 3:30 a.m. on the 100 block of Mary Street, the suspect entered the victim’s home by smashing the window on the rear kitchen door. When the woman came into the kitchen, she saw the suspect and tried to push him out the door, but could not move him. The man went through the victim’s purse and took roughly $40 in cash.

Armed with a boxed cutter, the suspect forced the victim to drive him around the corner from her home to the PNC Bank on the 2000 block of South Broad Street. Once at an ATM machine, the victim told the man she did not have a PIN for the ATM, so they returned to her house.

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The victim was told to lie down on the ground and count to 100 as the man left the home. After she heard the front door close, she called police. The victim was treated for minor injuries at the Capital Health Regional Medical Center for minor injuries.

Anyone with information on the incident should call Det. William Berish at (609) 581-4089 or the Hamilton police tip line at (609) 581-40008.